What should Somerville put into its time capsule?

Somerville is collecting items to place inside a time capsule. What do YOU think should go into it? Why not post a few suggestions?

In 1959 Somerville buried a time capsule, which was dug up 50 years later. Now Somerville is getting ready to do it again.

SOMERVILLE — The new Somerville time capsule won’t be buried until June 11, but organizations are already submitting items to be included.

The committee organizing the capsule has received, for example, a brick from a grade school that was torn down on High Street. That committee, under the leadership of local realtor Leigh McLachlan, has sent out invitations to about 30 organizations around the borough to contribute such items.

Contributions are due in the middle of March.

The committee will make a final decision and do a mock capsule to see what will fit in the real thing before the burying ceremony in June, McLachlan said.

A company has also been chosen from which to buy a capsule that will be slightly more sophisticated than the last one that was buried in 1959 and opened in 2009. Last time, the capsule was merely a pipe that was capped off on both ends, and leakage after 50 years’ burial meant items had to be dried before they could be presented to the public.

This time, the capsule will be waterproof, McLachlan said. The committee is also considering burying it above ground — lodging it in a ramp that will be built at the borough library.